Biography
Karel Čapek (January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938) was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century, and a Nobel Prize nominee (1936). He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1921. Karel named his brother Josef Čapek as the true inventor of the word robot.
Čapek was born in Malé Svatoňovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic).
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Selected bibliography:
The Absolute at Large, 1922
An Atomic Phantasy: Krakatit or simply Krakatit, 1924
War with the Newts, 1936
Apocryphal Tales, 1945
Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure
R.U.R.
Tales from Two Pockets
Talks With T.G. Masaryk
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